The Montgomery ladder is significantly simpler and more efficient on Montgomery curves than on short Weierstrass curves.
> On Jul 8, 2015, at 3:38 PM, Ron Garret <[email protected]> wrote: > > “Montgomery curves are attractive because of the ladder method of scalar > multiplication” > > Is this actually true? I was under the impression that the Montgomery ladder > was applicable to any kind of elliptic curve. They just both happen to have > been invented by Peter Montgomery. > > rg > > On Jul 7, 2015, at 8:12 PM, Tony Arcieri <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> I made this poster for the DEFCON Crypto and Privacy Village. It's intended >> for audiences of mixed ability levels: >> >> https://i.imgur.com/hwbSRHh.png <https://i.imgur.com/hwbSRHh.png> >> >> Would appreciate technical feedback on it. If you'd like to suggest copy >> changes, please consider design constraints (i.e. available room on the >> page). >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- >> Tony Arcieri >> _______________________________________________ >> Curves mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://moderncrypto.org/mailman/listinfo/curves > > _______________________________________________ > Curves mailing list > [email protected] > https://moderncrypto.org/mailman/listinfo/curves
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